Guernsey Rugby Academy 2023 Home Shirt

A Canterbury shirt for Guernsey's youth ranks in 2023, with the green and white hoops chosen in 1913 and the crest's pirate on the chest, a nod to the island's privateering past. The sponsors tell the local economy in three logos: consultants Grant Thornton on the chest, law firm Babbé on the back and builders Rihoy & Son on the sleeve, with the Guernsey Rugby Club seal on the other side.

This is the shirt of kids growing up dreaming of the island's big rugby day: the Siam Cup against Jersey, the second oldest trophy in world rugby, cast from Siamese coins with a king's blessing.

Here at Hoopster, it joins the archive's oval wing: from a Wigston park to Tapada da Ajuda and now a Channel Island, rugby hoops all speak the same language.